Bridle-bit



No.-6l5,283. I Patented Dec. 6, I898.

J.'P. KNIGHT.

BRIDLE BIT.

(Application med Jan. 29, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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JOSEPH PRICE KNIGHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,283, dated December 6, 1898.

Application filed January 29, 1896. Serial No. 577,306- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PRICE KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to bridle-bits; and its object is to provide an improved construction of the same whereby the horses mouth will not be hurt, nor will the bit be liable to be drawn through the mouth.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a jointed bridle-bit constructed in accordance with my invention, one of the mouthpieces being broken away to show the slot therein. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the bar which passes through the slots in the mouthpieces. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of one of the mouthpieces, the bar being removed.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 2 designates two curved mouthpieces, the inner ends of which are formed with interlocking eyes 2, by which they are jointed together. The outer or free ends of these mouthpieces are formed with eyes provided with rings 1, with which the reins or lines (not shown) are connected, as usual. The said mouthpieces are formed with longitudinal slots 3, extending therethrough, as seen 7 more clearly in Fig. 3.

The numeral 5 designates a transverse bar provided at each end with a loop 4, at a right angle thereto, through which the chin-draw or overcheck-draw runs. This bar is formed with a central broadened portion 6 and with contracted portions 5 between the same and the end loops. This bar is so proportioned with respect to the slots 3 that the contracted portions can readily pass through and turn in the slots; but the broadened portion can only pass through when presented fiatwise thereto. 7

To connect the bar with the mouthpieces, it is turned so that the loops 4: willoccupy a horizontal position. One of the loops is now passed through one of the slots, and the bar is then turned a quarter-revolution, so as to bring the broadened portion into a horizontal position, whereby it can also be passed through the slot. The bar is then turned. to its first position and the loop passed through the slot of the other mouthpiece. When so connected with the mouthpieces, the lateral play of the bar will be limited by the broadened portion 6.

By the above construction the bit cannot be closed tightly on the sides of thehorses mouth, and the chin-strap or overcheck-draw, (not shown,) which passes through the loops 4, in connection with the bar, prevents the bit from drawing through the month.

In practice my invention will be found very eificient in controlling vicious horses and breaking them of bad habits.

While I have shown and described the in vention as being used in connection with a jointed mouthpiece, it is obvious that it may be used with equal advantage with a single mouthpieceof either stiff or flexible material.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is In a bridle-bit, the combination with the jointed mouthpiece formed with opposite longitudinal slots, of the bar passing through said slots, formed with a central broadened portion and with a loop at each end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH PRICE KNIGHT.

WVitnesses:

JOHN W. CONRAD, H. D. McOooL. 

